The classroom years
For almost a decade, I taught science at The Preuss School, UC San Diego, serving first-generation college-bound students. I coached soccer, eSports, and robotics, ran student government as the activities director, chaired the technology department, evaluated and implemented countless technologies as the tech coordinator, taught through a global pandemic and transitioned our school to a remote environment, and learned far more from my students than they ever learned from me. It was the most rewarding thing I have ever done.